Hey everyone, I am back with a car question. My dad has a 2001 Chrysler Town and Country with approximately 245,000 miles on it. Yesterday, my dad went to start the van to warm it up, it ran fine, drove fine, and he went to work early to fill up some fuel. He told me it started and ran just fine that night.
After work, he didn't let it warm up enough, but he done this before, and it didn't hurt the van. He said when it was cold, it ran rough, but ran fine a few minutes later.
When he went to start it tonight, it wouldn't run. It would crank but no start. After a minute or so, he was able to get it started and it ran rough (engine popping) and when he went to put his foot on the gas, the fuel smelled extremely rich.
We already put a fuel pump, fuel pressure regulator, and fuel filter IN the van, so I don't know what the problem is. We are running low on money, and we cannot afford to fix it.
Should my dad just give in and buy a better/newer car? We spent $3000 to buy the van in Florida, and we already spent $5000 on vehicle parts. It's a good van, but I think she's on her last legs.
What could the problem be? We have sufficient fuel, my dad just filled up the fuel tank and the fuel is not dirty or anything like that. Did he burn out/damaged the fuel pump when he ran it to a quarter of a tank?
What could the problem be?
What could the problem be?
A worn-out 22-year old Chrysler product with 3 wheels in the junkyard and the 4th on a banana peel perhaps? I would not put much more money into that thing, you've already spent way too much.
Do as Scotty recommends and also see the FAQ for diagnosis of a no-start condition.
She has been through thick and thin, maybe we should do the thing and put her out to pasture. We don't want to, but if we do scrap it, then I was a piston from the engine as a keepsake
Sounds like it's time unless it turns out to be something simple and cheap to fix.
We finally figured something out. When my dad took of the spark plug boots today, the spark plug boot terminal was STUCK right on the Spark Plugs!
Maybe that's why. And getting those replaced culd help with out warm-start problem too
Why you can't burn the pump out going a quarter of a tank? I still plenty of gas on that. But a lot of it depends on where you bought the pump. If it's one of those aftermarket cheap Chinese crappers they don't last long. I would advise getting engaged testing a fuel pressure first just to see if it is the pump
Hey Scotty. What I've heard is that when you go below 1/4 of a tank, the fuel pump starts overheating. Is this true? And I don't know what's wrong with it. Engine popped last night, idles rough, and took a long crank time to start up, and the rich fuel smelled so bad that I almost threw up from 30 feet away. I don't know, but should we keep trying to fix it, or just scrap it and get a better/newer car?
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I've heard is that when you go below 1/4 of a tank, the fuel pump starts overheating. Is this true?
